Skip Navigation | HOME | UK Indymedia | Editorial Guidelines | Mission Statement | About Us | Contact | Help | Support Us

West Country Features | UK Features | West Country Newswire | UK Newswire |

WMD programme found in Berkshire

Simon | 12.04.2004 20:05 | Anti-militarism

Day 4 of the march from London to AWE (Atomic Weapons Establishment) Aldermarston - photos

AWE bomb factory not far
AWE bomb factory not far

bringing them peace at last
bringing them peace at last

disarnament is a duty not a crime
disarnament is a duty not a crime

fence decoration
fence decoration

marching through the contryside
marching through the contryside

peace cannot be kept by force
peace cannot be kept by force

photo opportunity before the march started
photo opportunity before the march started

banner hanging from the stage at the rally
banner hanging from the stage at the rally

take the plank from your own eye
take the plank from your own eye

would you feel any safer?
would you feel any safer?


All this time we've been looking for weapons of mass destruction, and then WMD programmes, in Iraq, but it turns out that there's a WMD programme going on right under our noses! To highlight this hypocrisy, a group of dedicated souls marched from London to AWE Aldermarston over the Easter bank holiday weekend. These photos are from the final day, between Reading and Aldermarston.

Around 150 people assembled in Reading town centre to join the last part of the march (about 10 miles), plus those who had marched all the way from London making around 500 (note: estimate, not a definitive number). CND were out in force, as were the Green Party. A vibrant and colourful samba band (the banner said 'Sheffield samba band' but I imagine there were a few from Rhythyms of Resistance as well) provided percussion with vocal backing and dancing from the Bristol Radical Cheerleaders. The Rinky Dink (a sort of bicycle-powered PA system) joined the last few miles of the march with some more mellow sounds, and also provided the PA for the rally at the end. Notable by their absence were the trade unions, Stop the War Coalition, SWP and other left-wing parties who normally attend the STW demos in London.

A delicious free veggie curry was provided at the peace camp after the rally, for which I am most grateful. Organisation overall left something to be desired, but the marshals on the ground get 10 out of 10 for their efforts to ensure that everyone was re-united with their luggage and transported back to Reading or other suitable place to continue their journey home.

Simon
- Homepage: http://freespace.virgin.net/swindon.stopwar/

Download this article in pdf format >>

Email this article to someone >>

Submit an addition or make a quick comment on this article >>

Publish

Publish your news

Do you need help with publishing?

Kollektives

Birmingham
Cambridge
Liverpool
London
Oxford
Sheffield
South Coast
Wales
World

Other UK IMCs
Bristol/South West
London
Northern Indymedia
Scotland

Server Appeal

West Country Topics

Analysis
Animal Liberation
Anti-militarism
Anti-racism
Bio-technology
Climate Chaos
Culture
Ecology
Education
Free Spaces
Gender
Globalisation
Health
Indymedia
Migration
Repression
Social Struggles
Technology
Workers' Movements
Zapatista

West Country Actions 2007

West Country Actions 2006

April 2006 No Borders Days of Action
Art and Activism Caravan 2006
Climate Camp 2006
French CPE uprising 2006
G8 Russia 2006
Lebanon War 2006
March 18 Anti War Protest
Mayday 2006
Oaxaca Uprising
Refugee Week 2006
Rossport Solidarity
Transnational Day of Action Against Migration Controls
WSF 2006

West Country Actions 2005

DSEi 2005
G8 2005
WTO Hong Kong 2005

West Country Actions 2004

European Social Forum
FBI Server Seizure
May Day 2004
Venezuela

West Country Actions 2003

Bush 2003
DSEi 2003
Evian G8
May Day 2003
No War F15
Saloniki Prisoner Support
Thessaloniki EU
WSIS 2003

Languages

english

IMCs


www.indymedia.org

Projects
print
radio
satellite tv
video

Africa

Europe
antwerpen
armenia
athens
austria
barcelona
belarus
belgium
belgrade
brussels
bulgaria
calabria
croatia
cyprus
emilia-romagna
estrecho / madiaq
galiza
germany
grenoble
hungary
ireland
istanbul
italy
la plana
liege
liguria
lille
linksunten
lombardia
madrid
malta
marseille
nantes
napoli
netherlands
northern england
nottingham imc
paris/île-de-france
patras
piemonte
poland
portugal
roma
romania
russia
sardegna
scotland
sverige
switzerland
torun
toscana
ukraine
united kingdom
valencia

Latin America
argentina
bolivia
chiapas
chile
chile sur
cmi brasil
cmi sucre
colombia
ecuador
mexico
peru
puerto rico
qollasuyu
rosario
santiago
tijuana
uruguay
valparaiso
venezuela

Oceania
aotearoa
brisbane
burma
darwin
jakarta
manila
melbourne
perth
qc
sydney

South Asia
india


United States
arizona
arkansas
asheville
atlanta
Austin
binghamton
boston
buffalo
chicago
cleveland
colorado
columbus
dc
hawaii
houston
hudson mohawk
kansas city
la
madison
maine
miami
michigan
milwaukee
minneapolis/st. paul
new hampshire
new jersey
new mexico
new orleans
north carolina
north texas
nyc
oklahoma
philadelphia
pittsburgh
portland
richmond
rochester
rogue valley
saint louis
san diego
san francisco
san francisco bay area
santa barbara
santa cruz, ca
sarasota
seattle
tampa bay
united states
urbana-champaign
vermont
western mass
worcester

West Asia
Armenia
Beirut
Israel
Palestine

Topics
biotech

Process
fbi/legal updates
mailing lists
process & imc docs
tech